Hinge ext/flex wrist finger at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,770.91 with Oscar vs $13,900.05 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Oscar MGMCR $1,770.91
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,807.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,807.05
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,807.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,807.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,807.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,807.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,807.05
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,807.05
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,807.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,807.05
BCBS MCRPPO $1,807.05
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,807.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,807.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,807.05
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $1,807.05
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $1,807.05
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $1,807.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,807.05
WellMed MGMCR $1,816.09
Aetna MCR $1,822.41
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,825.12
United MCR $1,843.19
WellCare SNP $1,861.26
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,861.26
WellCare PPO $1,861.26
WellCare PFFS $1,861.26
WellCare MCRHMO $1,861.26
WellCare POS $1,861.26
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,897.40
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,897.40
Shared Health MGMCR $1,897.40
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,897.40
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,897.40
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,897.40
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,897.40
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,897.40
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,897.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,915.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,915.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,915.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,915.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,915.47
Molina MGMCR $1,969.68
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $2,078.11
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2,168.46
Verda Health Plan MCR $2,349.16
Community Health Choice HIX $2,620.22
Superior ValueHMO $2,620.22
Superior EPO $2,800.93
Superior HMO $2,800.93
UTMB MGMCR $2,945.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,577.96
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $3,794.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,885.16
Humana PPO $13,900.05
Humana HMO $13,900.05

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Hinge ext/flex wrist finger at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,132.59 $1,132.59 – $6,795.50
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $1,132.59 $1,132.59 – $6,795.50
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $1,132.59 $1,132.59 – $6,795.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,025.00 $1,770.91 – $3,885.16
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,770.91 – $3,885.16
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,770.91 – $3,885.16
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,770.91 – $3,885.16
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,770.91 – $3,885.16

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